Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31486859-20180501133440/@comment-34067408-20180503021615

Very true. PBB stole a lot of money since

1. PBB is free to play, so The Pokemon Company will make less money since people just play PBB

2. The devs are making money off the game due to the developer exchange program.

To put that into perspective, imagine you had a successful IP. Then, someone comes out of nowhere and steals your IP and makes money off of it. Then, you lose sales since people will go play that other game instead of buying yours. If that were you, wouldn't you want to shut down the game too?